Beauty is about enhancing what you have. Let yourself shine through. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I love Fun. They're great guys. They're incredible artists and musicians. — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
Music is an art form that I love dearly, and it's allowed me to bring so many people together and meet so… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
People in my family and camp who grew up listening to rap music love 'We Are Young.' I've heard it play at… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I love men. But evil men? I will not tolerate that. You don't deserve to be in my presence. If you're going… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
I am going to take art more seriously. I most definitely want to leave behind art, and that does not just mean music. — Janelle Monae Copy Share
It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default. — Janelle Monae Copy Share
It's hard for me to be serious. I can't really rub oil on me and go all the way with it [laughs]. I hear… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
I hope women feel confident with themselves and realize that we don't all have to look alike or be the same size to be… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I'm constantly evolving and challenging myself to… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
I spend a lot of time in the future, But to help the future, sometimes you got to go back to the past, and… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
I have worn a tuxedo, but I have never covered up for respectability politics or to shame other women. — Janelle Monae Copy Share
You are only as beautiful as the many beautiful things you do for others without expectation. — Janelle Monae Copy Share
I'm always thinking about that young girl or young boy who doesn't quite know if their music, their messaging, their imaging, their voice is… — Janelle Monae Copy Share
